[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 66 (Friday, April 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17095-17100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6502]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802, A-570-893]


Notice of Initiation of Administrative Reviews of the Antidumping 
Duty Orders on Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam and the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') received 
timely requests to conduct administrative reviews of the antidumping 
duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'') and the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''). The anniversary month of these orders is February. 
In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating 
these administrative reviews.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva (Vietnam) or 
Christopher Riker (PRC), AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-3208 or (202) 482-3441, respectively.

Background

    On February 2, 2007, the Department published in the Federal 
Register its Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 
72 FR 5007 (``Notice of Opportunity''). In the Notice of Opportunity, 
the Department stated ``for any party the Department was unable to 
locate in prior segments, the Department will not accept a request for 
an administrative review of that party absent new information as to the 
party's location. Moreover, if the interested party who files a request 
for review is unable to locate the producer or exporter for which it 
requested the review, the interested party must provide an explanation 
of the attempts it made to locate the producer or exporter at the same 
time it files its request for review, in order for the Secretary to 
determine if the interested party's attempts were reasonable, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.303(f)(3)(ii).'' See Notice of Opportunity at 72 FR 5008.

PRC

    The Department received timely requests from the Ad Hoc Shrimp 
Trade Action Committee (``Petitioners''), the Louisiana Shrimp 
Association (``LSA''), Zhanjiang Evergreen Aquatic Product Science and 
Technology Co., Ltd. (``Evergreen''), Asian Seafoods (Zhanjiang) Co., 
Ltd. (``Asian Seafoods''), Hai Li Aquatic Co., Ltd. Zhao An, Fujian 
(``Hai Li''),\1\ and the Allied Pacific Group,\2\ in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b), during the anniversary month of February, for 
administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on shrimp from 
the PRC. Petitioners requested an administrative review for 401 
companies, while LSA requested an administrative review for 162 
companies. Subsequently, Petitioners withdrew their request for review 
for the PRC for all but eight companies. See Petitioners' letters dated 
March 1, 2007, March 16, 2007, and March 27, 2007.
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    \1\ In its review request, Hai Li noted that it is also known as 
Haili Aquatic Co., Ltd. Zhaoan, Fujian.
    \2\ The Allied Pacific Group consists of Allied Pacific Food 
(Dalian) Co., Ltd., Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co., 
Ltd., Zhanjiang Allied Pacific Aquaculture Co., Ltd., Allied Pacific 
(H.K.) Co., Ltd., and King Royal Investments Ltd.
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    With respect to the LSA's requests for administrative review the 
Department notes that, for the following 58 companies, the addresses 
provided for those entities were identical to those provided to the 
Department in the previous administrative review and were found to be 
undeliverable: Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., 
Allied Pacific Food, Chengai Nichi Lan Foods Co., Ltd., Dhin Foong 
Trdg, Dongri Aquatic Products Freezing Plants Shengping, Evergreen 
Aquatic Product Science and Technology, Formosa Plastics, Fuqing Xuhu 
Aquatic Food Trdg, Fuchang Trdg, Fuqing Chaohui Aquatic Food Trdg, 
Fuqing City Dongyi Trdg, Fuqing Dongwei Aquatic Products Industry Co., 
Ltd., Fuqing Dongyi Trdg, Fuqing Fuchang Trdg, Fuqing Longwei Aquatic 
Foodstuff, Gallant Ocean (Liangjiang) Co., Ltd., Gaomi Shenyuan 
Foodstuff, Guangxi Lian Chi Home Appliance Co, Hainan Jiadexin Aquatic 
Products Co., Ltd., IT Logistics, Juxian Zhonglu Foodstuffs, Logistics 
Harbour Dock, Longwei Aquatic Foodstuff, Master International 
Logistics, Meizhou Aquatic Products, Nichi Lan Food Co., Ltd. Chen Hai, 
P&T International Trading, Perfection Logistics Service, Phoenix 
Seafood, Putuo Fahua Aquatic Products Co., Ltd., Qingdao Dayang Jian 
Foodstuffs, Qinhuangdao Jiangxin Aquatic Food, Round The Ocean 
Logistics, Second Aquatic Food, Second Aquatic Foodstuffs Fty, Shandong 
Chengshun Farm Produce Trd, Shandong Sanfod Group, Shanghai Taoen 
International Trading Co., Ltd., Shantou Junyuan Pingyuan Foreign 
Trading, Shantou Sez Xuhoa Fastness Freeze Aquatic Factory Co, South 
Bay Intl, Taizhou Lingyang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd., Tianhe Hardware 
& Rigging, Xiamen Sungiven Imports & Exports, Yantai Guangyuan Foods 
Co, Yantai Xuehai Foodstuffs, Yelin Frozen Seafood Co., Zhangjiang 
Newpro Food Co., Ltd., Zhanjiang CNF Sea Products Engineering Ltd., 
Zhanjiang Fuchang Aquatic Products, Zhanjiang Jebshin Seafood Limited, 
Zhanjiang Shunda Aquatic Products, Zhejiang Taizhou Lingyang Aquatic 
Products Co., Zhejiang Zhongda, Zhoushan Guangzhou Aquatic Products 
Co., Ltd., Zhoushan International Trade Co., Ltd., Zhoushan Provisions 
& Oil Food Export and Import Co., Ltd., and Zhoushan Xi'an Aquatic 
Products Co., Ltd. See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission 
of the 2004/2006 Administrative Review and Preliminary Intent to 
Rescind 2004/2006 New Shipper Review, 72 FR 10645, 10647-8 (March 9, 
2007) (``PRC Shrimp 2004-2006 Preliminary Results'') and Memorandum to 
the File, from Anya Naschak, regarding: Placement of Undeliverable 
Addresses Information from the 2004-2006 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
People's Republic of China on the Record of the 2006-2007 
Administrative Review of Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the 
People's Republic of China, dated April 2, 2007 (``PRC Undeliverable 
Addresses Memo'') at Attachments I and II.
    The LSA requested that the Department reconsider its decision, as 
defined in the Notice of Opportunity, to not accept a review request 
for a company absent new address information. See LSA's PRC Review 
Requests at 4-5. However, although the LSA states that it attempted to 
find additional address information, the LSA

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has provided no additional address information for any of these 
companies, beyond what was previously provided in the 2004-2006 
administrative review of shrimp from the PRC. See PRC Undeliverable 
Addresses Memos at Attachment I. Therefore, although the LSA requested 
that the Department reconsider its decision, we continue to find that 
it is inappropriate to initiate an administrative review of companies 
which we know that we cannot locate. Based on previous unsuccessful 
efforts by the Department to locate these companies, further efforts 
would be futile, absent new information as to their location. 
Accordingly, the Department is not initiating on the above-referenced 
58 companies from the PRC.
    In addition, the LSA has requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review from the PRC of Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic 
Products Co., Ltd. (``Guolian''). However, Guolian is excluded from the 
antidumping duty order on shrimp from the PRC. See Notice of Amended 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 
Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the People's Republic 
of China, 70 FR 5149 (February 1, 2005) (``PRC Shrimp Order''). Thus, 
the Department is also not initiating an administrative review for 
Guolian.
    Therefore, the Department is hereby initiating the second 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shrimp from the 
PRC for the remaining 105 companies for which the Department has 
received a sufficient request for review.

Vietnam

    The Department received timely requests from Petitioners, the LSA, 
and certain individual companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), 
during the anniversary month of February, for administrative reviews of 
the antidumping duty orders on shrimp from Vietnam. Petitioners 
requested an administrative review for 92 companies, while the LSA 
requested an administrative review for 84 companies from Vietnam.
    On February 28, 2007, Grobest & I-Mei Industrial (Vietnam) Co. Ltd. 
(``Grobest''), Vietnam Fish-One Co., Ltd (``Vietnam Fish-One''), and 20 
other individual exporters,\3\ self-requested an administrative review 
of their sales during the POR. On March 30, 2007, Petitioners withdrew 
their review request of 58 companies.
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    \3\ Those Vietnamese companies listed below with an (*) are the 
additional 20 exporters self-requesting an administrative review.
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    Therefore, the Department is hereby initiating administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty order on shrimp from Vietnam for the 
100 companies for which the Department has received a sufficient 
request for review.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), we are initiating administrative reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on shrimp from Vietnam and the PRC. We intend 
to issue the final results of these reviews on approximately February 
28, 2008.

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                                                          Period to be
                                                            reviewed
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                       Antidumping Duty Proceeding
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Vietnam: \4,5\.......................................
Vietnam: \4,5\.......................................  02/01/06-01/31/07
    AAAS Logistics...................................
    Agrimex..........................................
    Amanda Foods (Vietnam) Ltd.......................
    American Container Line..........................
    An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock
     Company (Agifish)...............................
    Angiang Agricultural Technology Service Company..
    Aquatic Products Trading Company.................
    Bac Lieu Fisheries Company Limited...............
    Bentre Frozen Aquaproduct Exports................
    Bentre Aquaproduct Imports & Exports.............
    C.P. Vietnam Livestock Co. Ltd...................
    Ca Mau Seafood Joint Stock Company
     (``SEAPRIMEXCO'')*..............................
    Cadovimex Seafood Import-Export and Processing
     Joint Stock Company (``CADOVIMEX'')*............
    Cai Doi Vam Seafood Import-Export Company
     (Cadovimex).....................................
    Cafatex Fishery Joint Stock Corporation
     (``Cafatex Corp.'')*............................
    Cantho Animal Fisheries Product Processing Export
     Enterprise (Cafatex)............................
    Cam Ranh Seafoods Processing Enterprise Company
     (``Camranh Seafoods'')..........................
    Camau Frozen Seafood Processing Import Export
     Corporation, or Camau Seafood Factory No. 4
     (``CAMIMEX'')*..................................
    Can Tho Agricultural and Animal Product Import
     Export Company (``CATACO'')*....................
    Can Tho Agricultural Products....................
    Can Tho Seafood Exports..........................
    Cautre Enterprises...............................
    Coastal Fishery Development......................
    Coastal Fisheries Development Corporation
     (Cofidec).......................................
    Coastal Fisheries Development Corporation
     (Cofidec).......................................
    C P Vietnam Livestock Co. Ltd....................
    C P Livestock....................................
    Cuulong Seaproducts Company (``Cuu Long
     Seapro'')*......................................
    Cuu Long Seaproducts Limited (``Cuulong Seapro'')
    Danang Seaproducts Import Export Corporation and
     its wholly owned affiliated Tho Quang Seafood
     Processing and Export Company (``Seaprodex
     Danang'')*......................................
    Dong Phuc Huynh..................................
    Duyen Hai Bac Lieu Company (``T.K. Co.'')........
    Frozen Seafoods Fty..............................
    Frozen Seafoods Factory No. 32...................

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    General Imports & Exports........................
    Grobest & I-Mei Industrial (Vietnam) Co. Ltd.....
    Grobest & I-Mei Industry Vietnam.................
    Hacota...........................................
    Hai Thuan Export Seaproduct Processing Co., Ltd..
    Hai Viet.........................................
    Hanoi Seaproducts Import Export Corporation
     (``Seaprodex Hanoi'')...........................
    Hatrang Frozen Seaproduct Fty....................
    Hoa Nam Marine Agricultural......................
    Investment Commerce Fisheries Corporation
     (``Incomfish'').................................
    Khanh Loi Trading................................
    Kien Gang Seaproduct Import and Export Company
     (``Kisimex'')...................................
    Kien Gang Sea Products Import and Export Company
     (``Kisimex'')...................................
    Kim Anh Co., Ltd.................................
    Lamson Import-Export Foodstuffs Corporation......
    Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood Processing Joint
     Stock Company...................................
    Minh Hai Export Frozen Seafood Processing Joint
     Stock Company (``Minh Hai Jostoco'')*...........
    Minh Hai Joint-Stock Seafoods Processing Company
     (``Seaprodex Minh Hai'')*.......................
    Minh Hai Sea Products Import Export Company
     (Seaprimex Co)..................................
    Minh Phat Seafood Co., Ltd.......................
    Minh Phat Seafood................................
    Minh Phu Seafood Export Import Corporation (and
     affiliates Minh Qui Seafood Co., Ltd. and Minh
     Phat Seafood Co., Ltd.)*........................
    Minh Phu Seafood Corp............................
    Minh Phu Seafood Corporation.....................
    Minh Qui Seafood.................................
    Minh Qui Seafood Co., Ltd........................
    Ngoc Sinh Private Enterprise*....................
    Ngoc Sinh Seafoods...............................
    Nha Trang Company Limited........................
    Nha Trang Fisheries Co. Ltd......................
    Nha Trang Fisheries Joint Stock Company (``Nha
     Trang Fisco'')..................................
    Nha Trang Seaproduct Company (``Nha Trang
     Seafoods'')*....................................
    Pataya Food Industry (Vietnam) Ltd...............
    Phu Cuong Seafood Processing and Import-Export
     Co., Ltd.*......................................
    Phuong Nam Co. Ltd.*.............................
    Phuong Nam Seafood Co. Ltd.......................
    Saigon Orchide...................................
    Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock Company (``Fimex VN'')*.
    Sea Product......................................
    Sea Products Imports & Exports...................
    Seafood Processing Imports-Exports...............
    Seaprodex........................................
    Soc Trang Aquatic Products and General Import
     Export Company (``Stampimex'')*.................
    Sonacos..........................................
    Song Huong ASC Import-Export Company Ltd.........
    Song Huong ASC Joint Stock Company...............
    Special Aquatic Products Joint Stock Company
     (``Seaspimex'').................................
    Tacvan Frozen Seafoods Processing Export Company.
    Thami Shipping & Airfreight......................
    Thanh Long.......................................
    Thien Ma Seafood.................................
    Tho Quang Seafood Processing & Export Company....
    Thuan Phuoc Seafoods and Trading Corporation and
     its separate factories Frozen Seafood Factory
     No. 32 and Seafoods and Foodstuff Factory (Thuan
     Phuoc)*.........................................
    Tourism Material and Equipment Company
     (Matourimex Hochiminh City Branch)..............
    Truc An Company..................................
    UTXI Aquatic Products Processing Company*........
    Viet Foods Co., Ltd. (``Viet Foods'')*...........
    Viet Hai Seafoods Company Ltd. (``Vietnam Fish
     One Co. Ltd.'').................................
    Viet Hai Seafoods Company Ltd. (``Vietnam Fish
     One Co. Ltd.'').................................
    Viet Nhan Company................................
    Vietnam Fish-One Co., Ltd. (Vietnam Fish-One)....
    Vietnam Northern Viking Technologie Co., Ltd.....
    Vietnam Northern Viking Technology Co., Ltd......
    Vilfood Co.......................................
    Vinh Loi Import Export Company (``Vimexco'')*....
    Vita.............................................
    V N Seafoods.....................................
PRC: \6\.............................................  02/01/06-01/31/07
    Allied Pacific (H.K.) Co. Ltd....................
    Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhangjiang) Co.,
     Ltd.............................................
    Allied Pacific Aquatic Products (Zhanjiang) Co.,
     Ltd.............................................

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    Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co. Ltd.............
    Ammon International..............................
    Asian Seafoods (Zhanjiang) Co., Ltd..............
    Aquatic Foodstuffs FTY...........................
    Baofa Aquatic Products Co., Ltd..................
    Beihai Zhengwu Industry Co., Ltd.................
    Chaoyang Qiaofeng Group Co., Ltd. (Shantou
     Qiofeng (Group) Co., Ltd.) (Shantou/Chaoyang
     Qiaofeng).......................................
    CITIC Heavy Machinery............................
    Dafu Foods Industry..............................
    Dalian FTZ Sea-Rich International Trading Co.,
     Ltd.............................................
    Dalian Shan Li Food..............................
    Dalian Shanhai Seafood...........................
    Dongri Aquatic Products Freezing Plants..........
    Dongshan Xinhefa Food............................
    Fuchang Aquatic Products.........................
    Fuqing Chaohui Aquatic Food Co., Ltd.............
    Fuqing Yihua Aquatic Products Co., Ltd...........
    Gallant Ocean International......................
    Gallant Seafoods.................................
    Go Harvest Aquatic Products......................
    Guangzhou Lingshan Aquatic Products..............
    Guolian Aquatic Products.........................
    Hai Li Aquatic Co., Ltd. Zhao An, Fujian/Haili
     Aquatic Co., Ltd. Zhaoan Fujian.................
    Hainan Fruit Vegetable Food Allocation Co., Ltd..
    Hainan Golden Spring Foods Co., Ltd/ Hainan Brich
     Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.......................
    Hainan Jiadexin Foodstuff........................
    Jinfu Trading Co., Ltd...........................
    Jinhang Aquatic Industry.........................
    Kaifeng Ocean Sky Industry.......................
    King Royal Investments, Ltd......................
    Laiyang Hengrun Foodstuff........................
    Laiyang Luhua Foodstuffs.........................
    Leizhou Zhulian Frozen Food Co., Ltd.............
    Longsheng Aquatic Product........................
    Luk Ka Paper Industry............................
    Marnex...........................................
    Meizhou Aquatic..................................
    Meizhou Aquatic Products Quick-Frozen Industry
     Co., Ltd........................................
    North Supreme Seafood (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd........
    Ocean Freezing Industry & Trade General..........
    Pingyang Xinye Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.........
    Polypro Plastics.................................
    Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd.......................
    Red Garden Food..................................
    Red Garden Foodstuff.............................
    Rongcheng Tongda Aquatic Food....................
    Ruian Huasheng Aquatic Products..................
    Savvy Seafood Inc................................
    Sealord North America............................
    Seatrade International...........................
    Shanghai Linghai Fisheries Economic and Trading
     Co..............................................
    Shantou City Qiaofeng Group......................
    Shantou Freezing Aquatic Product Food Stuffs Co..
    Shantou Jinhang Aquatic Industry Co., Ltd........
    Shantou Jinyuan District Mingfeng Quick-Frozen
     Factory.........................................
    Shantou Long Feng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd. (Shantou
     Longfeng Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.)..................
    Shantou Longsheng Aquatic Product................
    Shantou Ocean Freezing Industry and Trade General
     Corporation.....................................
    Shantou Red Garden Foodstuff.....................
    Shantou Red Garden Food Processing Co............
    Shantou Ruiyuan Industry Co., Ltd................
    Shantou Shengping Oceanstar Business Co., Ltd....
    Shantou Wanya Food Factory Co., Ltd..............
    Shantou Yuexing Enterprise Company...............
    Silvertie Holding................................
    Spectrum Plastics................................
    Taizhou Zhonghuan Industrial Co., Ltd............
    The Second Aquatic Food..........................
    Weifang Taihua Food..............................
    Weifang Yongqiang Food Ind.......................
    Wenling Xingdi Aquatic Products..................
    Xuwen Hailang Breeding Co., Ltd..................
    Yangjiang City Yelin Hoitat Quick Frozen Seafood
     Co., Ltd........................................

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    Yantai Wei-Cheng Food Co., Ltd...................
    Yantai Xinlai Trade..............................
    Yelin Enterprise Co., Ltd. Hong Kong.............
    Zhangjiang Bobogo Ocean Co., Ltd.................
    Zhanjiang Allied Pacific Aquaculture Co., Ltd....
    Zhanjiang Evergreen Aquatic Product Science and
     Technology Co., Ltd.............................
    Zhanjiang Go-Harvest Aquatic Products Co., Ltd...
    Zhanjiang Regal Integrated Marine Resources Co.
     Ltd.............................................
    Zhanjiang Runhai Foods Co., Ltd..................
    Zhanjiang Universal Seafood Corp.................
    Zhejiang Cereals, Oils & Foodstuff Import &
     Export Co., Ltd.................................
    Zhejiang Daishan Baofa Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.
    Zhejiang Evernew Seafood Co., Ltd................
    Zhejiang Xingyang Import & Export................
    Zhejiang Xintianjiu Sea Products Co., Ltd........
    Zhejiang Zhenlong Foodstuffs Co., Ltd............
    Zhenjaing Evergreen Aquatic Products Science &
     Technology Co., Ltd.............................
    Zhoushan Cereals, Oils, and Foodstuffs Import and
     Export Co., Ltd.................................
    Zhoushan Diciyuan Aquatic Products...............
    Zhoushan Guotai Aquatic Products Co., Ltd........
    Zhoushan Haichang Food Co........................
    Zhoushan Huading Seafood Co., Ltd................
    Zhoushan Industrial Co., Ltd.....................
    Zhoushan Jingzhou Aquatic Products Co., Ltd......
    Zhoushan Lizhou Fishery Co., Ltd.................
    Zhoushan Putuo Huafa Sea Products Co., Ltd.......
    Zhoushan Xifeng Aquatic Co., Ltd.................
    Zhoushan Zhenyang Developing Co., Ltd............
    ZJ CNF Sea Product Engineering Ltd. Viet Nhan
     Company ........................................
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\4\ If one of the below-named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of shrimp from Vietnam that have not
  qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review
  as part of the single Vietnam entity of which the named exporter is a
  part.
\5\ Some companies appear to be listed twice, but there are two
  addresses provided in the administrative review requests for similar
  named companies and therefore, we are listing them separately.
\6\ If one of the below-named companies does not qualify for a separate
  rate, all other exporters of shrimp from the PRC that have not
  qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review
  as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporter is a
  part.

Selection of Respondents

    Section 777A(c)(1) of the Act directs the Department to calculate 
individual dumping margins for each known exporter and producer of the 
subject merchandise. Where it is not practicable to examine all known 
producers/exporters of subject merchandise because of the large number 
of such companies, section 777A(c)(2) of the Act permits the Department 
to limit its examination to either (1) a sample of exporters, 
producers, or types of products that is statistically valid based on 
the information available at the time of selection; or (2) exporters 
and producers accounting for the largest volume of subject merchandise 
from the exporting country that can be reasonably examined.
    Due to the large number of firms requested for these administrative 
reviews and the resulting administrative burden to review each company 
for which a request has been made, the Department is exercising its 
authority to limit the number of respondents selected for review. See 
Section 777A(c) of the Act.
    The Department intends to examine the largest exporters and 
producers by volume. Therefore, the Department has determined to send 
quantity and value (``Q&V'') questionnaires to the companies (or groups 
of companies where applicable) named above for the PRC and Vietnam to 
determine the largest exporters. See ``Q&V QUESTIONNAIRE'' section 
below for the procedures in this regard.

Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving non-market economy (``NME'') countries, 
the Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies 
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should 
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the 
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to 
investigation in an NME country this single rate unless an exporter can 
demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to 
a separate rate.
    To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from 
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the Department's analysis mirrors that established in 
the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers 
from the People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991) 
(``Sparklers''), as amplified by the Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from the People's 
Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994) (``Silicon Carbide''). In 
accordance with the separate rate criteria, the Department assigns 
separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents can 
demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government control 
over export activities.
    The Department recently modified the process by which exporters and 
producers may obtain separate rate status in NME investigations. See 
Policy Bulletin 05.1 Separate Rates Practice and Application of 
Combination Rates in Antidumping Investigations Involving Non-Market 
Economy Countries, (April 5, 2005), available on the Department's Web 
site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf. The process now 
requires the submission of a separate rate status application.
    Due to the large number of companies subject to administrative 
reviews in both the Vietnam and the PRC proceedings, the Department is 
requiring all companies listed above that wish to qualify for separate 
rate

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status in these administrative reviews to complete, as appropriate, 
either a separate rate status application or certification, as 
described below.
    Because the Department intends to select the mandatory respondents 
by selecting the exporters/producers accounting for the largest volume 
of subject merchandise exported to the United States during the period 
of review, the Department will require all potential respondents to 
demonstrate their eligibility for a separate rate. For those 
respondents not representing the largest volume of subject merchandise 
exported to the United States, the Department will make separate rate 
determinations for each company. Only those respondents with separate 
rate status will be included in the group receiving the weighted-
average margin calculated from the selected respondents. However, for 
any respondent that is determined later in this segment to have 
provided inaccurate information regarding its separate rate status, the 
Department may apply facts otherwise available with an adverse 
inference if it determines that such respondent failed to cooperate by 
not acting to the best of its ability.
    For these administrative reviews, in order to demonstrate separate 
rate eligibility, the Department requires companies for which a review 
was requested and who currently have separate rates status to certify 
that they continue to meet the criteria for obtaining a separate rate. 
The certification form will be available on the Department's Web site 
at http://www.trade.gov/ia/ on the date of publication of this Federal 
Register notice. In responding to the certification, please follow the 
``Instructions for Filing the Certification'' in the Separate Rate 
Certification. Certifications for both Vietnam and the PRC are due to 
the Department by close of business on April 23, 2007. The deadline and 
requirement for submitting a certification applies equally to NME-owned 
companies, wholly foreign-owned companies, and foreign resellers who 
purchase the subject merchandise and export it to the United States.
    The Department requires, to demonstrate eligibility for a separate 
rate, a separate rates status application for companies that do not 
currently have separate rates status. The separate rate status 
application will be available on the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/ on the date of publication of this Federal Register 
notice. In responding to the separate rate status application, please 
refer to instructions contained within the application. Separate rate 
status applications are due to the Department by close of business on 
June 1, 2007. The deadline and requirement for submitting a separate 
rate status application applies equally to NME-owned companies, wholly-
foreign owned companies, and foreign resellers that purchase the 
subject merchandise and export it to the United States. Further, due to 
the time constraints imposed by our statutory deadlines, the Department 
may be unable to grant any extensions for the submission of separate 
rate certifications or separate rate status applications.

Q&V Questionnaire

    As discussed above, in advance of issuing the antidumping 
questionnaire, we will also be requiring all parties for whom a review 
is requested to respond to a Q&V questionnaire, which requests 
information on the respective quantity and U.S. dollar sales value of 
all exports of shrimp to the United States during the period February 
1, 2006 through January 31, 2007. The Department will send the Q&V 
questionnaire to the companies (or groups of companies where 
applicable) named above. In addition, the Q&V questionnaire will be 
available on the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The 
responses to the Q&V questionnaire are due to the Department by close 
of business on April 23, 2007. Due to the time constraints imposed by 
our statutory and regulatory deadlines, the Department may be unable to 
grant any extensions for the submission of the Q&V questionnaire 
responses. In responding to the Q&V questionnaire, please refer to the 
instructions contained in the Q&V questionnaire.
    All firms requested for review and seeking separate rate status in 
these administrative reviews must submit a separate rate status 
application or certification (as appropriate) as described above, and a 
complete response to the Q&V questionnaire, within the time limits 
established, and discussed above in this notice of initiation, in order 
to receive consideration for separate rate status. For parties that 
fail to timely respond to the requisite separate rate status 
application/certification, or to the Q&V questionnaire, the Department 
may resort to the use of facts otherwise available, and may employ an 
adverse inference. All information submitted by respondents in this 
administrative review is subject to verification. As discussed above, 
due to the large number of parties in these proceedings, and the 
Department's need to complete its proceedings within the statutory 
deadlines, the Department will be limited in its ability to extend 
deadlines on the above submissions. As noted above, the separate rate 
certification, and the separate rate status application will be 
available on the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/, in 
addition, the Q&V questionnaire will be mailed to the parties named 
above and is also available on the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia/.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 
Instructions for filing such applications may be found on the 
Department's Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a)(1) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: April 2, 2007.
James C. Doyle,
Office Director, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9.
 [FR Doc. E7-6502 Filed 4-5-07; 8:45 am]
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